RE: Jamie Bligh16 Feb 2018 06:00
I queried earlier how long it would take you to find the Achilles Heel in the opening line of the Introduction... Is indeed a very interesting opener with again it's inclination towards gravitas on Initial 'founding father' status & little else to show for it.
Young Hex has graciously filled in the technical data on background positions, which then just leaves the interpretation of the man's personal touch, or his complete lack of :
'....Making this seemingly egotistical and double-dealing mouthpiece "investor relations officer" seems about as appropriate as deciding to appoint Dr Harold Shipman to the chair of Help The Aged...'
There are though, as per the game of AIM, many sides to this coin...
The very apt analogy with the doctor of death, is also, sadly, similar to how Amit sees the representative of the shareholder group :
When Amit first replied, it was to a query as to why the shareholders had failed in arranging an informal December coffee meet, and for which we had proposed : Tim, as shareholder group rep, the pro-Amit side; Ian Everett, as twitter group rep, the anti-Amit side; & Tracy as intermediary. Amit had simply replied that he had never received any request from the shareholders group rep.
Significant, primarily as it showed the respect, in the position of the representative of shareholder group, & secondly, that perhaps Tim was not into 'informal coffee meets to gauge confidence levels', nor perhaps was he pro-Amit.
When trying to set up an informal December meet, then the 1st requirement was to get someone, with whom it was thought Amit would be comfortable with, which then put the spotlight on Mr. Selfridge, but he had declined as (a) similar to Amit, he was also sickened by the more violent & aggressive shareholders & the abuses that he & family had sustained, & that (b) he had lost all confidence in Tim, who's inability to keep his word on earlier confidential disclosures (see NeilStAlbans earlier write up) had meant he could not be trusted & at which point it was disclosed that neither did Amit trust Tim.
It slowly dawned that the earlier December attempts for coffee meet with (1) shareholder rep (2) twitter group rep &(3) a trusted intermediary, was compromised by Tim's close association with the twitter group, namely that everything confidential was immediately being reported back to within this group. The twitter group had evolved into a militant crowd who were very much biased anti-Amit. Ian, a very respectable voice, had now gone.
Amit in one breath had given kudos to the position of the representative of the shareholder group, but in the next breath, he was quite fearful of that position holder's history of disclosures. 'the doctor of death' analogy currently works for both sides of the table...
Hopefully Amit will see further than just entertaining Corvus & the ladies, & again strive to be inclusive of ALL shareholders.
Corvus